14.03.2017 News
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
Removing micro pollutants from sewage is commonly done via activated charcoal, which consists of fossil mineral coal. Fraunhofer researchers aim to replace coal with renewable resources.
14.03.2017 News
Food Animals Nutritional sciences
The companies DSM and Evonik founded new joint venture "Veramaris" to produce omega-3 fatty acids from marine algae. Salmon farms will benefit from the new source of essential fatty acids.
Researcher Profile
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
Putting technology in the service of nature has become a life’s mission for Cornelia Weltzien. As an agricultural engineer, she is working to utilise the full spectrum of technologies in new and complex systems that are aimed at conserving soil and facilitating the work of farmers.
15.03.2017 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Pneumococci can cause severe pulmonary and inflammatory infections. Max Planck researchers identified a successful vaccine consisting of only three adjoined sugars.
20.03.2017 News
Agriculture and forestry Animals Agriculture sciences
The start-up InnoCow is presenting a new diagnostic tool for dairy cows at the CeBIT. It provides farmers with information about the health and impending heat of their cows.
22.03.2017 Success story
Consumables unspecific ICT
The BioFabNet focussed on developing communication strategies for 3D printing in order to generate public awareness for biobased materials and the possibilities of bioeconomy.
22.03.2017 News
Consumables Plants Materials sciences
Venture capital firm Sofinnova has raised €106 million for its Industrial Biotech I fund, which aims to invest in bio-based industry start-ups.
24.03.2017 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
New addition: A branch of the European Forest Institute has just opened in Bonn. The institute conducts research on forests at a pan-European level and advises policy makers.
27.03.2017 Interview
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
With their project “HypoWave” scientists in Frankfurt, headed by the agricultural expert Martina Winker, aim to re-purpose municipal sewage waste water for hydroponic plant breeding programmes by filtering out the nutrients while simultaneously minimising water usage in agriculture.
28.03.2017 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
International experts from politics and industry gathered in Berlin to discuss the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
30.03.2017 News
Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
The DNA molecule offers countless structural possibilities. Dresden-based scientists developed a synthetic envelope to protect the sensitive building blocks.
31.03.2017 News
Food Animals Biodiversity
Aquacultures are polluting Chile's rivers with a cocktail of dissolved organic substances. An international team of researchers establishes new safety limits.
04.04.2017 Country
Chemistry unspecific unspecific
Finland’s dense pine forests are the central resource of its bioeconomy.
05.04.2017 News
Consumables Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
The synthetic silk biopolymer produced by Amsilk found its way into nail polish: Together with Ocean Pharma the new product will be unveiled at in-cosmetics Global in London.
06.04.2017 News
Food Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
BASF acquired the licence for the genome-editing tool CRISPR-Cas from Boston’s Broad Institute. Now the company can utilize the tool for its global enterprises.
06.04.2017 Interview
Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
Peptides are multi talents but expensive to produce. The CEO of the Düsseldorf start up Numaferm aims to use a novel biotechnological method in order to provide the protein building blocks in a more cost-efficient way.
07.04.2017 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Tropical forests are being more and more fragmented. Leipzig-based scientists assessed that this increases carbon dioxide emissions by an additional third.
11.04.2017 News
Pharmaceutical industry Microorganisms Biodiversity
Dortmund-based biochemists are able to draw patterns in cells. All that is needed to paint with “molecular ink” is a laser and light sensitive molecules.
13.04.2017 News
Automobile unspecific Materials sciences
A pan-German collaboration of Audi, BASF, and Covestro developed a new bio-based car coating. Thus reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions during production.
19.04.2017 News
unspecific unspecific unspecific
A global event for the freedom of science taking place on April 22. In Germany demonstrations are planned at 20 sites - from Berlin to Heligoland.
20.04.2017 Success story
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Where does the sugar in the sugar beet actually come from? Scientists from research and industry looked into this question in order to increase yields from sugar beet.
19.04.2017 News
unspecific Microorganisms Biodiversity
Emmanuelle Charpentier discovered the revolutionary genome editing tool CRISPR-Cas. Now she will head her own Max-Planck research unit in Berlin.
17.04.2017 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
Extreme weather occurrences are endangering harvest yields worldwide. To enable more precise weather forecasts a new Land-Atmosphere Feedback Observatory (LAFO) will be established.
27.04.2017 Success story
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
Aided by new sequencing technologies, Nils Stein and his team of plant geneticists have succeeded in decoding all seven chromosomes of the barley genome far quicker than was originally planned. In the process, they have greatly added to the genome map of this important agricultural crop.
25.04.2017 News
Food Animals Biodiversity
Berlin-based researcher establish new analysis of origin for frog legs. The specific pattern of isotopes within each animal can tell, whether they indeed stem from sustainable farms.
27.04.2017 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
Global climate change is costing the wine industry billions of dollars each year. An international team of researchers established a “Global Risk Index for Wine Regions”.
28.04.2017 News
unspecific Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding 17 new Priority Programmes with a total of €100 million. Three of the Life Science projects are focused on bio-based economy.
03.05.2017 News
Automobile unspecific Agriculture sciences
Industry 4.0 via digitalization spanning robots and bio-based economy – that is the main message of the Hannover Messe 2017.
04.05.2017 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
More than 250,000 Europeans voiced their support for a change in the agriculture industry towards sustainable farming policies across Europe.
05.05.2017 News
Automobile unspecific Energy technologies
The consumption of bioethanol as part of the petrol market has increased slightly in Germany. In 2016 1.2 million tonnes of bio-based ethanol has been added to fuels.
Researcher Profile
unspecific unspecific Biodiversity
What are the effects of plastic waste on ecosystems? That is the question that biologist Carolin Völker and her colleague Johanna Kramm are trying to answer with their projects in their junior research group ‘PlastX’.
10.05.2017 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Environmental technology
A body of research has shown the negative consequences of microplastics for aqueous life. Now, a seminal paper that had demonstrated behavioural changes in fish was retracted.
10.05.2017 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
The global cultivation area of GMO crops is growing, but Europe and especially Germany remain sceptical regarding the usage of GMOs.
10.04.2017 Studies and statistics
Consumables Plants unspecific
The study published by the Institute for Bioplastics and Bio-Compounds (IfBB) provides a comprehensive overview of current developments in the bioplastics sector.
10.02.2017 News
Food Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
Europe's largest field laboratory for biodiversity research celebrates anniversary: 15 years of the "Jena Experiment".
13.02.2017 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Whether it's cosmetics or washing detergents — surfactants are used extensively in industry. Bio-based rhamnolipids are one of the biggest current trends.
21.02.2017 News
Automobile unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
According to a market analysis from nova-institute, last year's production capacity for bio-based polymers grew by 4% to 6.6 million tonnes.
22.02.2017 Studies and statistics
Automobile unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
Despite difficult market environment the worldwide production capacity for bio-based polymers has increased by 4% to 6.6 million tonnes compared to 2015. But the annually growth rate from 2012 to 2014 was even 10%.
24.02.2017 News
unspecific Microorganisms Biodiversity
An international study finds the rates of alien species introduction worldwide are higher than ever. A third of all first introductions were recorded between 1970 and 2014.
11.06.2016 News
Pharmaceutical industry Animals Materials sciences
Textile researchers from the Technical University (TU) Dresden have used crab and shrimp shells to produce organic yarn from pure Chitosan, a natural material found in the shells.
